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Darren Roberts’ social media profile wasn't what the Canberra liberals wanted to discuss today. “Today we're really excited to announce our policy of doing 70,000 elective surgeries should we win government.” The Ginninderra candidate's Instagram page. Links to a Facebook profile that has since been made private, allegedly used to make a series of offensive posts and comments... Including one during the voice to parliament campaign with an image of federal senator Lidia Thorpe labelled: "Good news, my IQ test came back negative." And in April last year a post showing catwalk models in revealing clothing with the comment "This is not men's fashion, it is a mental disorder" “I think we need to understand what the Canberra liberals - particularly the leader of the Canberra liberals has to say about that.” Mr Roberts declined to comment - instead referring the a-b-c to his party. Ms lee declined requests for an interview... Leaving her deputy - to field questions. Reporter: where's Ms lee today? Castley: I actually don't know, I believe she's got a few mobile offices scheduled with candidates out in Tuggeranong. Ms Castley says she has little knowledge of the allegations. “I haven't seen the social media posts and I can't comment - the views certainly aren't my views or the Canberra liberals views.” In a statement a spokesman for Ms lee says she had. "...no engagement whatsoever..." With the account except to comment on a post of hers that had been shared and that she. '...has not been active on her personal Facebook account for a number of years." Darren Roberts remains on the ticket for the seat of Ginninderra for the Canberra liberals. The same can't be said for Elizabeth Kikkert: “for family first, Sunil baby, Elizabeth Kikkert” I joined the family first party because it seemed like it had the same values as i do. Ms Kikkert was disendorsed by the liberals earlier this month amid allegations she'd breached rules around donations and campaign spending along with allegations about her behaviour. A short clip from a video showing her thrusting a phone at a liberal staffer has been made public. “this is something that I didn't see the video until I saw it in the paper this morning and it's something that the division will have to answer” Elizabeth Kikkert wants the full video released. The Canberra liberals have been contacted for comment. Ms kikkert denies the allegations against her and says she's always complied with the electoral act

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00:00Visiting a hospital to make an education funding announcement for Tasmania.
00:10But it was housing policy that stole the headlines.
00:13I've seen those reports and what we do is we value the public service.
00:18So from time to time I'm sure the public service are looking at policy ideas.
00:22The report in nine newspapers suggests the government's commissioned Treasury to investigate
00:27possible changes to negative gearing policy.
00:30The Prime Minister is being coy.
00:32No, I didn't confirm that.
00:34We've got a housing policy and that's not in it.
00:37A negatively geared property is one where a landlord is paying more on their mortgage
00:41and expenses than they're making in rent.
00:45Landlords can deliberately set up their investment to make this loss because it means they don't
00:49have to pay as much tax.
00:52Negative gearing reform haunts Labor.
00:54Bill Shorten wanted it restricted only to new homes ahead of the 2019 election and lost.
01:01Almost a fifth of taxpaying Australians do it, which means there are a lot of votes in
01:06keeping it.
01:07But five years on, soaring house and rental prices suggest the mood might have shifted.
01:13Poll after poll in the past two years has actually shown really consistent either support
01:18or that people are really open to this change.
01:22The Coalition wants clarity.
01:24There's nothing wrong with the government considering anything, but lying to the Australian
01:28people about whether they're considering it is another issue entirely.
01:32The opposition claims negative gearing changes will take wealth from mum and dad investors
01:37and won't solve the problem.
01:39We don't support a tax on housing that will reduce the supply of housing and increase
01:45the cost of housing.
01:46Labor's having a lot of difficulty getting its housing policies through the Senate, thanks
01:50to pushback from the Greens.
01:52If Labor does pursue negative gearing changes, this is one thing they could agree on.
01:58Greens pressure works and everything is impossible until it's not.
02:01Pressure that will only grow stronger as the election draws nearer.

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